Malese Jow (born February 18, 1991) is an American actress, singer and songwriter. She is best known for playing Geena Fabiano, a girl interested in fashion and designing her own clothes on the Nickelodeon television teen sitcom Unfabulous, and Anna, a teenage vampire on The CW television teen drama The Vampire Diaries.
Personal life
Born as
Elizabeth Melise Jow in
Tulsa, Oklahoma, Jow moved to
California with her mother and siblings when she was 9 years old. Jow's father is
Chinese American, while her mother has
Cherokee ancestry. She has a younger sister and two younger brothers.
Career
When she was 6, Jow appeared on
Barney and
Dellaventura, but her acting career took off when she landed the role of Geena Fabiano in the
Nickelodeon television series
Unfabulous alongside
Emma Roberts. Geena was Addie Singer's diva best friend, obsessed with fashion and designing her own clothes. The teen sitcom lasted three seasons and earned Jow several Young Artist Award nominations.
Since the shows ending in 2007, Jow has appeared in as Quinn and has guest starred on Wizards of Waverly Place, portraying the role of famous actress, Ruby Donahue. In 2008 she guest starred on The Young and the Restless as Hannah, and in 2009 she portrayed "Look-alike Carly" on iCarly, another series on Nickelodeon. That same year she acted in The Secret Life of the American Teenager as Gail and Disney show Hannah Montana as Rachel. She also made a cameo in the 2009 movie Aliens in the Attic.
In 2010, Jow appeared in the first season of The Vampire Diaries (The CW). She played the part of Anna, a vampire that seems to have evil intentions, but just wanted to set her mother free. She tries to use Jeremy (Steven R. McQueen) to approach the Salvatore brothers and Elena
Gilbert (Nina Dobrev), but ends up falling for him. In the season finale, she tells Jeremy that she plans to leave, and gives him a vial of her blood so that he can become a vampire and join her. The first season ends with Anna attempting to protect Jeremy and the citizens of Mystic Falls from an imminent vampire attack when she is captured and killed by Jeremy's uncle, John (David Anders).
Jow appeared in ABC's 2010 movie You're So Cupid! as Megan, and played Alice Cantwell, the best friend of Christy Lee (Brenda Song), in the film The Social Network . She also guest starred on an episode of TNT television series Leverage, which starred comedian Bill Engvall. She is currently starring in the Nickelodeon television series The Troop as Nash. In 2011, she guest starred in Big Time Rush as Lucy Stone and in the series Desperate Housewives as Violet.
Jow will appear again on The Vampire Diaries' third season.
Music career
Singles
Caught up in you
Mista DJ
Where You Belong
Go Go
Left Waiting
Hey Oh
No Better
Red Light
Turn Away
Sound Of Summer
He Said She Said
Live 4 Today
You Had It All
You Left Me In The Air
Filmography
References
season 2 episode 22
External links
Malese Jow Interview
Category:1991 births
Category:Actors from Oklahoma
Category:American actors of Asian descent
Category:American actors of Chinese descent
Category:American child actors
Category:American female singers
Category:American film actors
Category:American people of Cherokee descent
Category:American pop singers
Category:American rock singers
Category:American singer-songwriters
Category:American television actors
Category:Living people
Category:People from Tulsa, Oklahoma
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